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MacArthur Avenue, Garfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Fashion
Statement
: Serial Porch Pirate Wore Same Jacket, Yellow Kicks Each Time: Garfield PD
He wore a distinctive black jacket arrayed with NFL team patches, not to mention sneakers you couldn’t miss -- yellow. He also already had a lengthy arrest record. In the end, Jaquiece Shadeer Smith left Garfield police investigating eight different front-porch package thefts with a single suspect. To call the 35-year-old city resident “known to police” would be an understatement. Smith has a decade-long rap sheet, records show, and even was recently arrested for porch piracy in Hackensack. Garfield Detectives Sebastian Tyburski and Arkadiusz Dudek interviewed eyewitnesses and gather…
Police & Fire
Update
: Garfield Train Suicide Victim, Slain Roommate Identified
UPDATE: A man who committed suicide by running in front of a commuter train in Garfield on Saturday hours after law enforcement officials said he beat his roommate to death in their illegal basement apartment was identified Monday, along with the murder victim. Manuel Ortega-Pimentel, 55, "ran into the path" of an NJ Transit train on Saturday and was killed, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said. "During an attempt to locate next of kin for Ortega-Pimentel, a check of his last known address was conducted and the basement apartment was checked by a resident of the first floor," t…
Police & Fire
Caught
! Franklin Lakes Man Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Garfield Special Needs Resident
UPDATE: A 59-year-old building superintendent from Franklin Lakes was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with the hit-run death of a special needs resident outside a Garfield group home -- thanks to news accounts that included photos of the fleeing vehicle. The Chevy Suburban that struck Giovanni Rivera, 42, was in the driveway when police and investigators took Paul Frischer into custody at his Phelps Road home near the Route 287 overpass just after 6:30 a.m., authorities told Daily Voice. It was impounded as evidence. Frischer was charged with leaving the scene of a crash…
Police & Fire
Caught
! Franklin Lakes Man, 59, Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Garfield Special Needs Resident
UPDATE: A 59-year-old building superintendent from Franklin Lakes was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with the hit-run death of a special needs resident outside a Garfield group home -- thanks to news accounts that included photos of the fleeing vehicle. The Chevy Suburban that struck Giovanni Rivera, 42, was in the driveway when police and investigators took Paul Frischer into custody at his Phelps Road home near the Route 287 overpass just after 6:30 a.m., authorities told Daily Voice. It was impounded as evidence. Frischer was charged with leaving the scene of a crash…
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes Building Super, 59, Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Garfield Special Needs Resident
UPDATE: A 59-year-old building superintendent from Franklin Lakes was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with the hit-run death of a special needs resident outside a Garfield group home -- thanks to news accounts that included photos of the fleeing vehicle. The Chevy Suburban that struck Giovanni Rivera, 42, was in the driveway when police and investigators took Paul Frischer into custody at his Phelps Road home near the Route 287 overpass just after 6:30 a.m., authorities told Daily Voice. It was impounded as evidence. Frischer was charged with leaving the scene of a crash…
Police & Fire
Caught
! Franklin Lakes Man Charged In Hit-Run Death Of Garfield Special Needs Resident
UPDATE: A 59-year-old building superintendent from Franklin Lakes was arrested at his home Wednesday morning and charged with the hit-run death of a special needs resident outside a Garfield group home -- thanks to news accounts that included photos of the fleeing vehicle. The Chevy Suburban that struck Giovanni Rivera, 42, was in the driveway when police and investigators took Paul Frischer into custody at his Phelps Road home near the Route 287 overpass just after 6:30 a.m., authorities told Daily Voice. It was impounded as evidence. Frischer was charged with leaving the scene of a crash…
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Garfield Police Officers Pull Unconscious Driver From Burning Car
GARFIELD, N.J. – Two Garfield police officers broke the windows of a smoke-filled car that had just struck a dozen parked vehicles and pulled the unconscious driver to safety overnight Tuesday, authorities said. It was unclear when or why the 61-year-old Clifton motorist passed out when Officers Daniel Taylor and Marvin Monroig found his 2000 Ford Explorer on fire on MacArthur Avenue just before 2 a.m. It had just crashed into the rear of a parked vehicle and was on fire, Capt. Darren Sucorowski said. “The officers broke the windows and forced open the door to gain entry to the vehicle as …
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